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UNITED STATES' PATENT OEEICE.

JEROME BOLICK, OF CONOVER, NORTH CAROLINA'.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,908, dated May 28, 1889. Application filed January 8, 1889i Serial No. 295,729. (No model.)

To all whom, it nmz/concern,.-

Be 1t known that I, JEROME BoLroK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Conover,

in the county of Catawba and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vheels, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in wheels; and it consists in a certain novel construction and combination of devices, fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Inethe drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a wheel embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line a; w of Fig. 4 of a portion of the same, showing one of the spokes in the side series. Fig. 3 is a similar view on line y y of Fig. 4, showing one of the spokes in the central series. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hub to show the improved band or jacket. Fig. 5 is a side view of the hub to show the arrangement of the sockets therein.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the hub of the improved wheel, which is provided with an inclosing band or jacket, B, consisting of the inner section, C, which eX- tends outward beyond the line of the spokes, and is provided on its inner end with the sand-band c and the outer section, D, which extends under the outer edge of the inner section,and is provided at its outer end with the ilange d, which projects beyond the outer end of the hub. The sand-band is formed integral with the inner section, and the flange is formed integral with the outer section. To secure the sections in place, they are driven on the hub from opposite ends until their adjacent ends overlap, and small screws E E (or pins, if preferred) are then passed through registering perforations in the said overlapping edges and engaged in the hub.

The inner section of the band or jacket is provided with a central annular series of openings, F F, and similar ou ter and inner series, f and f arranged on opposite sides of the central series, each of the said outer and inner series containing only one-half thernumber of openings that are in the central series.

The openings in the outer and inner series are alternately arranged opposite the intervals between the openings in the central series, as shown clearly in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

The spokes are tubular,being provided at intervals in their lengths with small cylindrical strengthening-plugs G G, which are driven firmly in place and prevent the bending or collapsing of the spokes. The spokes are interiorly screw-threaded at their ends to receive threaded tenons H H, which project beyond their outer and inner ends.

The projecting ends of the tenons, which are afiixed to the central series of spokes, K, are smooth and fit in smooth sockets in the hub and the felly M, respectively.

The tenons h, in the inner ends of the lateral series of spokes L are threaded and screw into threaded sockets in the hub, and the tenons 7L in the outer ends of the said lateral series of spokes are tubular, and are interiorly screw-threaded at their outer ends. The pro j ecting ends of the tubular tenons h are smooth and iit in smooth sockets in the folly, and screws N pass through apertures n in the tire and screw into the threaded bore of the tubular tenons.

In a wheel constructed, as abovel described, of a central series and two lateral series of spokes the strain on the central series is entirely inward, and hence I do not desire to thread the portions of the tenons of these spokes which enter the hub and the felly. It will be evident that when the lateral series of spokes are tightened the felly will be iirmly held in position, and will be braced by the said lateral spokes against lateral strain.

The inner. ends of the spokes are made square or hexagonal ,in form to enable them to be engaged by awrencli, so that the tenons may be screwed into the hub.

The improved band or jacket for the hub, as will be seen, covers and protects the entire hub, and as it is driven on from opposite ends it also strengthens the hub longitudinally as well as transversely.

Having thus described the invention, I claimM l. In a Wheel, the combinatiomwith the hub and felly, of a central series of spokes provided with smooth tenons entering sockets in the hub and felly and the lateral series of spokes arranged on opposite sides of the central series and provided with screw-threaded IOO tenons engaging the hub and felly, substantially as speeiied.

2. In aWheel, the combination, with the hub and felly, of the hollow spokes interiorly screw-threaded at their ends, the exteriorlythreaded tenons screwed in the inner ends of the spokes and engaging threaded sockets in the hub, the tubular tenons screwed in the outer ends of the spokes and provided with threaded bores, and the screw extending through aperturesin the tire and engaging the threaded boresof the said tenonsgsubstantially as speciiied. l

3. In a Wheel, the eo1nbination,wth the hub, ofthe inelosing band or jacket having an nner section, C, extending beyond the line of the spokes and provided at its innerl end. with JEROME BOLIK.

Vitnesses;

J. H. SIGGERS, R. J. MARSHALL.. 

